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ANDREW J. RYNER, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 72,757, dated December 31, 1867.

IMPROVED 'I'OBAGGO-GUTTBB.,

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNL e it known that I, ANDREW J. RAYNER, of thecity of Buifalo, county of Eric, and State of New'York, have invented acertain new and improved Tobacco-Cutter; and I do hereby declare thatthe followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure I is a transverse Vertical section. Figure II is a sideelevation. Figure III is a top plan view. I The nature of this inventionconsists, first, in a tobaceocutting machine, which .may be used eitherfo1` dividing large plugs of tobacco, or for cutting the same fine forsmoking, as may be desired, and hence i'sv a combined machine; second,in the construction and use of a guard origuidc-rail, attached to orforming part of the stationarymain frame of t'ne machine, and having theshape of a segment of a circle, the centre of' which is the fulcrum ofthe swinging cutter-frame, in combination with a hook or otherprojection upon the-said swinging frame, by which means the movement ofthe cutter-frame is gnided in a manner to insure the perpendieulardescent of the knife upon the bed-plate.

In the accompanying drawings, letters of like name and kind refer tolike parts in each of the figures.

A reprcsents the main frame of the machine, which is made of cast iron,and firmly eecured to the top of a table or c0unter.- a' represents awooden bed-plate or feed-table upon the said main frame. B representsthe cutter-frame, which is hinged to the main frame, as shown at b', andhas upon one end ahand-lever or handle, C. D represents a curvedguide-rail, which projeets upwardly from the muin'frame, opposite thefulcrum b', in the Shape of a quarter of a circle, having the saidfulcrum as o. centre. A.l hook or other suitable projcctioniis formedupon one side of the frame B, which is shown at c'. This clasps theguide-rail D in a manner to .prevent the eutter-frame from movingsidewise, and insure a perpendicular deseent ofthe knife. E and Frepresent the knives. One of them,E, is screwed to the outer side of thecutter-frame in a slanting position, its Cutting-edge slightlyprojecting through a slot made longitudinaliy in the centre of theframe. It is made vertieally adjustable upon the frame, in order toenable the operator to set it for a thicker or thinner cut. vThisVknife, E, is used for slicing or cutting tobaceo fine for the purposeof smoking in pip'es. The other knife, F, is firmly scre'wed or rivetedto the inner side of the outter-frame, which is that nearest to thebed-plate or feed-table `a'. This knife is used for the purpose ofdividing large plugs of tobacco into smaller pieees, which cannot bedone by means of a tohacco-outtcr of common and now well-knownconstruction.

My invention furnishes in one machine a means for both dividing plugs oftobacco into small pieces, and also for cutting them up fine forsmoking-purposes-a combination which renders this machine the most con-I vcnient, cheap, and dcsirahle article of its kind for the purpose forwhich itis intended.

What I claim as my invention, and desir to secure by Letters Patent,is- 1. A tobacco-cutting machine, having two knives, E and F, upon onehinged cnttr-frame, B, arranged and Operating 'substantially as hereindescribed and for purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the above, the guide-rail D, and the projstructed and Operating in themanner and for the pnrpose substantially asdescribed.

ection C', upon the cutter-frame B, con- A. J. RAYNER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. GuTHnII-z, B. H. Monnari.

